Los principios editoriales, exigencia ética de las empresas informativas

Abstract

The editorial guidelines or principles, also referred by some authors as «configurative principles», are at the core of news media companies and a required condition for their identity, independence and transparency. The formulation of editorial guidelines is not only a faculty of media promoters and proprietors, but also an ethical requirement derived from the nature of the product generated by news media companies, the information. The present article focuses on the concept of editorial guidelines and the functions of ownership in defining and keeping those guidelines in light of the ethical paradigm formulated by Juan Manuel Cobo Suero.

Keywords

• Principios editoriales, principios configuradores, empresa informativa, deontología de la información, derecho a la información.